Lectures & Literature

Poland Reborn: A State Between Democracy and Fascism February 26th 5:30 PM RVSP by February 22nd The Magnes  John Connolly, PhD History Professor at U.C. Berkeley will bring to light Poland's attitude toward Jews after the end of World War I in 1918. On the one hand it accommodated the demands of freedom fighters; on the…

Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name? Every Sunday at 2pm The Marsh What’s in a name? A minefield of misplaced notions – comical, sad, demeaning. Irma’s observations from the front-lines, notes from American history, and laugh out-loud humor allow us to consider what it will take for all of us to get along.  Irma Herrera's solo…

Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name? Every Sunday at 2pm The Marsh What’s in a name? A minefield of misplaced notions – comical, sad, demeaning. Irma’s observations from the front-lines, notes from American history, and laugh out-loud humor allow us to consider what it will take for all of us to get along.  Irma Herrera's solo…

Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name? Every Sunday at 2pm The Marsh What’s in a name? A minefield of misplaced notions – comical, sad, demeaning. Irma’s observations from the front-lines, notes from American history, and laugh out-loud humor allow us to consider what it will take for all of us to get along.  Irma Herrera's solo…

Visual Judaica: Jewish Icons and Judaica Collections in the Early 20th Century March 19th 2019 5:30-7:30PM The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life In the last of the series, “Around Arthur Szyk,” Magnes Assistant Curator Shir Gal Kochavi will examine items from early twentieth century European collections that inspired Szyk’s celebrated creations. She will demonstrate…

Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name? Every Sunday at 2pm The Marsh What’s in a name? A minefield of misplaced notions – comical, sad, demeaning. Irma’s observations from the front-lines, notes from American history, and laugh out-loud humor allow us to consider what it will take for all of us to get along.  Irma Herrera's solo…

Shifting Tides: Rise, Resurgence, and Deep Histories from the Atlantic to the Pacific 6-10PM, Mon. March 25th David Brower Center FREE This lecture is the opening event to the symposium "Entangling the Pacific and Atlantic Worlds. Past and Present.” Matt Matsuda (Rutgers University) will look at the presumed shift of power from Europe and the Atlantic…

Again for the First Time with Rhonda Holberton 6:30PM Mon. April 1st BAMPFA FREE  As artist Rhonda Holberton talks about her process—describing with her hands the arrangement and heft of the objects that appear in her images—it’s hard not to think of those things and that space as real. But everything, from the objects themselves…

  How Communication Technology is Shaping Buddhist Ideas 7-8:30PM Mon. April 1st Mangalam Center FREE Professor Veidlinger’s new book focuses on the ways Buddhism has adapted to different technological environments over time, and this talk will examine how Buddhism is responding to the challenges and opportunities of the Internet in today’s world. Questions about the…

Full: Jennif(f)er Tamayo at BAMPFA BAMPFA  7 PM Fri April 19th  Tamayo performs a new work, 0N MIGRANT R3FUSAL, using the voice, layered recordings, and amplification technologies to speak, sing, and scream back at the current discourses around the U.S. "immigration crisis" and imperial violence. Jennif(f)er Tamayo is a queer, migrant, formerly undocumented poet, essayist, and…